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package java.awt;

/**
 * The <code>Transparency</code> interface defines the common transparency
 * modes for implementing classes.
 * @version 1.19, 08/19/02
 */
public interface Transparency {
    /**
     * Represents image data that is guaranteed to be completely opaque,
     * meaning that all pixels have an alpha value of 1.0.
     */
    public final static int OPAQUE = 1;
    /**
     * Represents image data that is guaranteed to be either completely
     * opaque, with an alpha value of 1.0, or completely transparent,
     * with an alpha value of 0.0.
     */
    public final static int BITMASK = 2;
    /**
     * Represents image data that contains or might contain arbitrary
     * alpha values between and including 0.0 and 1.0.
     */
    public final static int TRANSLUCENT = 3;
    /**
     * Returns the type of this <code>Transparency</code>.
     * @return the field type of this <code>Transparency</code>, which is
     *		either OPAQUE, BITMASK or TRANSLUCENT. 
     */
    public int getTransparency();
}
